Improvement in shield for protecting horses from sunstroke



.eine @man JOILNT ANDERSON, OF BROOKLYN, NEW'YORK.

Laim Pfam. No. 92,142, dated .my 6,1869.

IMPROVEMENT IN SHIELD FOR PROTEGTIN G- HORSES FRQMSUNSTROKE.

The Schedule referred to in these LettersPatent and making part of the Vname.

protrude, and attached to the bridle iu any proper manner, leaving space between the head and the shield for a current'ot' air, by means of which the poll, or upper portion ofthe head is protected, and the horse rendered com paiatively safe and comfortable while exposed to the heat of the sun.

In the said drawings- Figure 1 represents my improved shield placed on top of the head, fastened to the bridle, aud'foruling, with the bridle, the head-gear of the horse;

Figure 2, a top view of the shield; and

Figure 3, a vertical section oi'samel A indicates the head and neck of a horse, and

B, the bridle.

Ck is the shield, placed on top of the head, projecting in front over the forehead, and back over and covering the junction of the cerebellum, or-little brain, with the spinal marrow, which lies near the surface, and is quickly affected by the `heat ofthe sun. l

D is the air-space .between the head and shield, and

E E are the apertures in the shield, through which the horses ears protrude.

This shield is composed of a wire, wooden, or other suitable frame-work, F, which is covered With cloth, G, in 'a proper manner, and having two arms, H H, projecting'from the frame, for attaching the shield to the bridle, asshowu in g. l.

Having'described my invention,

What Iclaiin, and desire to secure by Letters Patg ent is As a new article of manufacture, 'the shield, or horsebonnetC, provided Awith apertures E,Y as shown and described, and for the purpose set forth.'

In testimony whereofI have hereunto set my signature, this day of April, A. D. 1869.

' Y JOHN ANDERSON.

Witnesses:

WM. H. GAMMEYER, ARTHUR B. WILLIAMS. 

